In stressing this latter point, I had in my mind my late guardian, the boorish merchant John Allan, whose personal library was stocked to the point of ostentation with the most costly volumes of classic works—though he himself rarely spent time perusing anything more weighty than a ledger-book.

Lawrence, Sir Henry, K.C.B. Corps of Guides raised under his auspices; first B.itish ruler of the Punjab; foresight in provisioning the Lucknow Residency; his admirable arrangements for its defence; predicted the Mutiny fourteen years before its occurrence; his character as a Statesman and Ruler; friendliness for Natives; suggests employment of Nepalese troops; opposed to annexation of Oudh; letter to Lord Canning; his dispositions for coping with the Mutiny; memorandum in his ledger-book;

On his hearthstone, beside his ledger-book, stood the Mayor, looking with a respectful admiration that puzzled himself upon the forlorn creature, who could give no reason why he should not be rather in the Gatesboro 'parish stocks than in its chief magistrate's easy-chair.